Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Fitcher's Bird by Grimm/Cindy Sherman

This is a straight up rendition of Fitcher's Bird, from the brothers Grimm, but illustrated with photographs by Cindy Sherman. Now, I have to say right from the beginning, dolls are creepy enough as it is. Juxtaposed with this Bluebeard variant, this book hits my goosebumps button.

Fitcher's Bird

There's nothing inherently gory, here, so I'm not saying that it couldn't be a kids' book... if you're okay with telling your kids the gruesome story in the first place. The art is all quite beautiful, if, as I have said, completely macabre.

Fitcher's Bird

Fitcher's Bird

Fitcher's Bird

This is very worthwhile, if you're a fairy tale collector.


1 comment:

  1. Caught this from http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2011/03/02/photography-and-fiction/

    What a beautiful book!

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